ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74449
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 21-MAY-2010 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King HC4+ |
| Operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (ISAF) |
| Registration: | ZA298 / Y |
| C/n / msn: | WA912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Nad-e Ali, Helmand Province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Camp Bastion Airfield, Lashkar Gar |
A BRITISH chopper was forced to crash-land yesterday after being shot by a Taliban rocket.
Five troops were injured when a rocket propelled grenade struck the Sea King as it came in to land at a checkpoint in Afghanistan.
The copter, used for transporting gear and troops, was on a routine mission when it was hit by a freak "lucky shot."
Despite the craft's damage - and the crew's injuries - the pilot avoided catastrophe by crash-landing at the checkpoint in Nad-e Ali, Helmand.
The five suffered fragmentation wounds but no "life changing" injuries.
A source said last night: "The pilot did extremely well to bring the craft down. The helicopter was close enough to the ground to crash land relatively safely.
"It could have been a lot worse. Luckily it wasn't the middle of nowhere." Experts are assessing the damage to the Sea King.
Sources:
http://www.afghanislamicpress.com/site/home/channel.asp?nChannel=News
http://itn.co.uk/76da62f8b7a52ba2f193a1a72836be42.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/forces/2983021/British-helicopter-shot-down-by-Taliban-rocket.html
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/22/fivebritish-troops-injured-as-taliban-shoots-downchopper.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2010 06:56 | krasatpi | Added |
| 23-May-2010 07:47 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
| 22-Sep-2010 05:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities] |
| 12-Jan-2011 05:28 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2011 15:42 | harro | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2011 03:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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